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This Lugia has the Hidden Ability Multiscale and knows the move
Hurricane, an attack it can't normally learn. The rest of this Lugia's
stats are as follows:

Lugia

Level

100

Ability

Multiscale

Type

Psychic
/ Flying

Techniques

Aeroblast
Hurricane
Defog
Tailwind

Hold Item

None

Ball

Precious
Ball

Ribbon

Wish Ribbon

O.T.

フウラ
シティ
("Fuura City")

More details about how to obtain this Lugia and what limitations there
are can be found on the Distributions
page of the Everyone's Story section.

It has also been revealed that the first 300,000 fans who go see the
movie in theaters this July will receive a "The Wind Goes Whoosh! Whoosh! Satoshi's
Pikachu Mascot"
(風ビュー！ビュー！サトシのピカチュウマスコット) charm at the door.

Pocket
Monsters the Movie 2018
will be released on Friday, July 13th 2018 in Japan. An international
release has not been announced at this time.

Dogasu@ 22:55 JST -- The CD single for the
current opening theme of the Pocket
Monsters Sun & Moon TV series, Mirai Connection (未来コネクション), or
"Future Connection," has had its release date announced as May 2nd,
2018.

According to ЯeaL's
official website, the CD single will come in two versions, a
special limited edition that comes with a DVD with a creditless
version of the current opening animation and a regular edition with
just the CD by itself.

Limited
Edition Version

Regular
Version

Release Date: May 2nd, 2018

Release Date: May 2nd, 2018

Catalog
Number: SECL-2287~2288

Catalog
Number: SECL-2286

Price:
1,389 yen (plus tax)

Price:
1,204 yen (plus tax)

Extras:
1) A special Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon cover, and 2) a DVD containing a
creditless version of the current opening animation.

As you can see, Sony Music Entertainment's being a little shady here;
if you want the DVD you need to get the limited edition but if you want
an instrumental of the full version of the song then you have to double
dip and get the regular release as well.

The CD listings for this release contains the following background
comments about the song:

Their single Kagerou ("Ant-Lion") has been
hogging the Top 3 of the music charts, videos related to them have
gotten over 6 million views, and their live show at the 3000 seat
capacity Osaka Castle Band Shell was a huge success! This new breakout
girls'
rock band is ЯeaL, and this single release is of
the new opening theme to the newest Pocket Monsters series, Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon.
ЯeaL were always big fans of Pokemon
and have written this new song for children and Ryoko (Voice and
Guitar),
who both composed and wrote the song, comments that "This song's
composition is filled with the feeling of leaping out from the darkness
toward the light, of the bond between Pokemon and Trainers, of the
shine of recklessly charging toward your dreams, of innocence, and of
that brightly sparkling look on your face no matter how uneasy you
feel."

ЯeaL is a three girl group based out of Osaka whose members
are Ryoko (リョウコ), Fumiha (フミハ), and Aika (アイカ). The three most recently
provided the voices of Ilima's fangirls in last week's episode.Mirai Connection is the second opening theme to Pocket Monsters Sun
& Moon and will be ЯeaL's fourth single release.
The song debuted
on Sun & Moon on the
February 8th, 2018 episode. That same day the TV size
version of the song was made available on various streaming platforms
throughout Japan.

Controversy causes
the March 2018 issue of CoroCoro Comics to be pulled
from shelves
March 10th, 2018

Dogasu@ 22:18 JST -- If you follow Pocket Monsters you'll have
probably at least heard of CoroCoro
Comics,
a manga anthology / kids' magazine that comes out on the 15th of every
month.

The magazine covers popular kids' franchises such as Yokai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Duel Masters, and Nintendo
properties such as Super Mario
and Splatoon. And, of course,
Pocket Monsters. CoroCoro Comics usually dedicates
anywhere from ten to fifteen
pages of its nearly 800 pagecount to delivering the latest Pocket Monsters news, be it video
game, movie, TCG, or toy related. Manga related to the franchise, such
as Kousaku Anakubo's long-running Pocket
Monsters manga and the yearly movie adaptations, are also
featured from time to time. You've probably seen photos posted online
from the
most recent issue, which went on sale February 15th, featuring the
then-new stories about the shiny Bebenom distribution in the Japan and
the revelation that Lugia will be in this
year's movie.

A small
sample of the Pocket Monsters content in the March 2018 issue.

That same issue is currently involved in a scandal
thanks
to this month's chapter of Yarisugi!!!
Itazura-kun (やりすぎ!!! イタズラくん), or "That's Too Much!!! Lil'
Prankster." The manga is about a little fox boy named
Itazura-kun who, as his rival Koikeda puts it, is "someone who
goofs off 24 hours a day 365 days a year." In this month's chapter,
Itazura-kun and Koikeda-kun are taking a history test in which they're
shown a photograph of a historical figure and are asked to correctly
fill in that person's name. The gag of this particular chapter is that
while Koikeda-kun is a good student who answers each question
seriously,
Itazura-kun just scribbles all over the photos and writes in jokey
answers. He draws over a picture of Albert Einstein
to make him look
like a dog, Napoleon
Bonaparte to look like he's playing Duel Masters,
and Yoshimitsu
Ashikaga to look like the Kewpie Mayonnaise mascot.

Yarisugi!!!
Itazura-kun

The part that got the manga in hot water
is when it gets to a question
asking Itazura-kun to identify the Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan.
The hint given on the test in the magna is Chi _________ n and what you're supposed to do
is write in Chingisu Haan
(チンギス・ハーン), which is
how you write Genghis Khan's name in Japanese. Itazura-kun, however,
fills in the blanks to identify the emperor as chin-chin, or "Penis" and then
doodles a little dick on the Mongolian emperor's forehead.

Mongolians living in Japan, after seeing a figure they hold with such
great respect being defiled this way, were pissed. A
protest was held outside
the offices of the magazine's publisher, Shogakukan, with people
holding up signs demanding that Shogakukan apologize. Mongolian sumo
wrestler Asashoryu
Akinori tweeted out "What
the hell are you doing!! You assholes are making fun of our ancestor!!
Don't you have any dignity!! This is unforgivable!!
Apologize!! Apologize!! What the hell kind of shit company made this!?"
The Mongolian
Embassy in Japanhas also
weighed in, denouncing the image as vulgar and inappropriate for
children.

Left:
Photograph of the protest, courtesy of Asahi
ShinbunRight: The tweet by
Asashoryu Akinori. It has since been deleted.

On behalf of SHOGAKUKAN Inc.,
we extend our sincerest apologies for the use of inappropriate
expressions concerning Genghis Khan in the comic "Yarisugi!!! Itazura-kun" in the
March issue of our monthly magazine "CoroCoro
Comic."
We recognize that the expressions regarding the founder of the Mongol
Empire were disrespectful and offensive to the people of Mongolia and
all who love and respect the Great Khan.

We are grateful that this issue was brought to our attention and humbly
ask your forgiveness. In the future, we will further our knowledge of
the history and culture of your country and make our utmost efforts to
prevent the recurrence of such improper expressions.

Apology
over content in the comic "Yarisugi!!! Itazura-kun" featured in the
March 2018 issue of CoroCoro ComicsWe
extend our sincerest apologies to the Mongolian people for the use of
inappropriate content related to the Mongolian hero Genghis Khan in the
comic "Yarisugi!!! Itazura-kun" featured in the March issue of our
monthly magazine "CoroCoro Comic" that went on sale February 15th. In
the future, we will further our knowledge of the history and culture of
your country and make our utmost efforts to prevent the recurrence of
such improper expressions.

In addition, we would like to report that on February 23rd we sent
the above apology directly to Mr. Dambadarjaa Batjargal, Chargé
d'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Mongolia in Japan.

To
our readersThe March CoroCoro Comics
"Itazura Doodle Contest" has been canceledBecause of the aforementioned
incident,
the "Itazura Doodle Contest" that was in the March issue of CoroCoro
Comics has been canceled. We apologize again for the trouble and will
be refunding the cost of postage to those of who who have already sent
in entries.

Shogakukan

From the authorI apologize unreservedly for the grossly
inappropriate content that I put in my comic in regards to the
Mongolian
hero Genghis Khan. I apologize to all those who respect Genghis Khan. I
am deeply reflecting on my lack of understanding of Mongolian history
and culture will endeavor to gain a deeper understanding and respect
for countries' histories and cultures.

Asumi Yoshino

The contest they're
referring to in that second comment up there is one where kids are
encouraged to doodle on the faces of
historical figures, just like Itazura-kun does, and then mail them in
to Shogakukan. The winning entries were originally scheduled to be
published in the May 2018 issue of CoroCoro
Comics. One of the figures kids are encouraged to draw on is
Genghis Khan, and an example they give is drawing him like a baby with
word balloons that include "goo goo ga ga" and "I wanna drink from your
breasts."

On Tuesday, Shogakukan announced
that they have pulled the issue off shelves and will be offering
refunds to customers' who request them.

I've noticed over the years that CoroCoro
Comics isn't getting as many Pocket
Monsters-related exclusives as it used to and it's
making me wonder if The
Pokémon Company is starting to reconsider its usefulness
as a promotional tool. It only comes out once a month and everything it
puts out just gets posted online anyway so what's the point of
continuing to rely on it?
And now the magazine's gone and gotten itself take off stores
altogether!
I don't think we'll ever see a day where CoroCoro Comics is no longer used
to promote Pocket Monsters
(I'm sure there are just too many old relationships around that
nobody's
looking to sever) but I do think we'll see the focus continue to be
shifted toward Nintendo Directs and other online venues moving ahead.

The April issue of CoroCoro Comics is scheduled to go on sale on March
15th, 2018.

Full
title, story outline, character bios, new trailer etc. released for
Pocket Monsters The Movie 2018
March 8th, 2018

Dogasu@ 23:05 JST -- This is all old news by
now but I wanted to cover it anyway.

On February 27th, 2017, it was revealed that full title of the movie is
going to be Pocket Monsters The
Movie "Everyone's Story" (劇場版ポケットモンスターみんなの物語). The title
could also be translated as
"Everyone's Stories"
since there is some ambiguity in regards to singular vs. plural in
Japanese but for now I'll just translate it as Everyone's Story.

Along with the title came a brand new
trailer that debuted on the kids' show Oha! Suta.
The trailer shows off new characters, gives a (very) general outline of
what's going to happen, and teases just enough without really giving
anything away.

The trailer's in Japanese, obviously, so here's an English translation:

Narration
/ on-screen text:
"This is a town where people live together with the wind."On-screen text:
Original Story - Satoshi Tajiri

Narration / on-screen text:
"Once a year we make a promise with Lugia to receive the wind."

Kagachi:
"Come one, come all! You know, it seems like there are some su~per rare
pokemon
around here!"Usokki:
"Uso~!" (= "you're lying!")Kagachi: "I
ain't lyin'!"On-screen text:
Kagachi, a man full of hot air

On-screen text:
Animation Production - OLM, WIT STUDIO

Trito:
"(sighs) If only I could talk like that in front of other people..."On-screen text:
Trito, a timid researcher

Hisui: "Stop
following me! I don't want anything to do with pokemon!"On-screen text:
Hisui, an odd old woman

No official announcement has been made about who will be voicing the
new movie characters yet (that probably won't come until later this
month) but that hasn't stopped Japanese fans from speculating about who
they all sound like. Lisa sounds like Mao, Kagachi sounds like Dr. Kukui, and Largo
sounds like Lillie from Pocket Monsters Sun
& Moon; Trito
sounds a lot like Dent from Pocket
Monsters Best Wishes!, etc. It is worth pointing out that the
movie trailers have used stand-ins for characters who haven't been cast
yet (I think back to Balza from that first Pokémon the movie XY "The Archdjinn
of the Rings, Hoopa" trailer) so it's not unlikely that the
voices we hear in this trailer will change when the movie actually
comes out.

After the above trailer aired, the official website updated with its
first
story synopsis.

After "I Choose You!" comes the
explosive birth of "Everyone's Story" this summer!

In Fuura City, a town where people live together with the wind, there's
a "Wind Festival" that takes place only once a year. It has been passed
down throughout the ages that on the final day of this festival, the
legendary pokemon
Lugia appears and bears the blessing of the wind. And so, with this in
mind, the people in town participate in this festival.

Lisa, a female high school student and pokemon novice.
Kagachi, a man filled with hot air who can't stop telling lies.
Trito, a timid researcher who doesn't have faith in himself.
Hisui, a strange old woman who loathes pokemon.
Largo, a mysterious young girl lingering about in the forest all by
herself.

Satoshi and Pikachu will meet them and get everyone's story moving.

I think it's important
to stress that the official site is not outright
saying that Everyone's Story
is a direct sequel to I Choose You!
It's not saying that it isn't, either. All it's saying is that one
movie comes after the other; how you interpret that is entirely up to
you.

Character bios have also
been added to the movie's official website but they're pretty much
verbatim from what's
written in the plot synopsis so I won't bother to repost them here.
Still, you can click on an icon below to
read what little's been revealed about each character.

The final thing revealed in
last week's information dump is a better look at the crew of the film.
The screenplay this time around is being provided by two people, Eiji
Umehara (梅原映司) and Aya Takaha (高羽彩). Neither one of them has ever
worked on Pocket Monsters
before; Mr. Umehara's worked on shows like Appleseed XIII
and Lagrange
- The Flower of Rin-ne while Ms. Takaha has provided scripts for Psyco-Pass and The Ancient Magus' Bride. Other
than
that there's the confirmation that Shinji Miyazaki and Mima Masafumi
are
returning to provide the music / sound editing, respectively, so that's
nice to have. The rest of the staff list are producer credits (a lot of
which are basically unchanged from I
Choose You!) and some new Chief Animation Directors.

And that's pretty much it for this time's information dump! If this
movie's promotion cycle is anything like the last one that means we'll
probably get the voice actor and theme song information in early April
or so.

Pocket
Monsters the Movie 2018
will be released on Friday, July 13th 2018 in Japan. An international
release has not been announced at this time.

In that historic film, Lugia was an ally to Satoshi
and played a
big role in the movie. What will Lugia do in this year's film!? Look
forward to us revealing even more information here on the official
movie site!

Lugia was first introduced in
1999's Pocket Monsters the Movie
"Revelation Lugia"
as a silhouette known simply as the mysterious Pokemon "X."

After that
it got a lot of attention for being put on the cover of the video game Pocket Monsters Silver version. Its
latest appearances have been in 2015's Pokemon the movie XY "The Archdjinn of the
Rings, Hoopa" as well as Raid Battles in Pokémon GO.

In the "Pokemon General Election 720," which took place in 2016, Lugia
ranked the highest of all the Pocket
Monsters Gold & Silver pokemon and is a legendary pokemon
whose name recognition and popularity transcends generations.